Belted Plaid pleating tips and tricks?

**llyd** · 17th October 17, 02:29 PM

well there is that. as you are using them for a blanket you are stuck pleating every time.
I have a 31 in waist, and one of my great kilts is a little more than two yards with single set pleats. the other is bigger, but I am not done playing with it yet.....it started out as five yards of tweed plaid....waaay too much.

**Derekc5555** · 17th October 17, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by llyd

well there is that. as you are using them for a blanket you are stuck pleating every time.
I have a 31 in waist, and one of my great kilts is a little more than two yards with single set pleats. the other is bigger, but I am not done playing with it yet.....it started out as five yards of tweed plaid....waaay too much.

How many pleats do you get out of your 2 yard plaid?

**llyd** · 17th October 17, 04:00 PM

No idea....never counted..SWMBO made it and informed me I was to wear it to rennfaire...measured me while I was napping...lol...they make it from hip to hip though.

**Luke MacGillie** · 17th October 17, 05:09 PM

I use 3 meters of 18 oz double width, this is the equivalent of 6 meters of tartan in the Great kilt wearing period.

I go in 5 vertical bars from one end, I pull all the black bars to where they touch, leaving no black showing on the outside. I pleate till I get to 5 vertical back bars left on the other end, Then I lay on it, wrap it around, stick by belt underneath me and buckle it. Stand up and arrange it.

**Luke MacGillie** · 17th October 17, 05:10 PM

I attached an image, wish it would show up. So tired of this merde with sharing photos

**The Kilted Canadian** · 19th October 17, 07:56 PM

I started with 7 yards of double wide, and cut it down to about 6.
I laid out the 6 and pleated it how I wanted, and used the 1 yard to make belt loops and sewed one belt loop on the inside of each pleat. I used the rest of the small piece to nake a long fabric belt (so they all blended together) now I just grab the ends of the belt and push the belt loops together and tighten the belt.
If I'm going out and need a sporran I'll put on a second belt--my leather kilt belt.
Literally takes seconds to put it on.

The Belted Plaid- 2 belts are better than 1

**Derekc5555** · 20th October 17, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Luke MacGillie

I use 3 meters of 18 oz double width, this is the equivalent of 6 meters of tartan in the Great kilt wearing period.

I go in 5 vertical bars from one end, I pull all the black bars to where they touch, leaving no black showing on the outside. I pleate till I get to 5 vertical back bars left on the other end, Then I lay on it, wrap it around, stick by belt underneath me and buckle it. Stand up and arrange it.

What tartan is your plaid?

**Luke MacGillie** · 22nd October 17, 02:39 PM

Black Watch, Ancient, from Lochannon.

Edited to add, that I attached an image, it was less than the maximum file size for a jpg, but it still does not show up. Im no luddite when it comes to computers, but I do not for the life of me understand why the photos will not upload and show.

**Steve Ashton** · 22nd October 17, 03:51 PM

Luke, so I don't highjack this thread I will start another thread on uploading photos. Please look for it.

**Terry Searl** · 22nd October 17, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Luke MacGillie

Black Watch, Ancient, from Lochannon.

Edited to add, that I attached an image, it was less than the maximum file size for a jpg, but it still does not show up. Im no luddite when it comes to computers, but I do not for the life of me understand why the photos will not upload and show.

I too have had some trouble attaching photos. To the point of almost giving up. Not that my photos are supremely interesting but I have been told by some members the ones I have been able to post are good. Last week I was in Victoria so I stopped in to Freedom Kilts and got to talking to Steve about the problem. He explained what was going on with a site wanting payment to store pictures but I don't use that site. He then suggested it was likely my Firewall that was preventing the photos from being posted on XMTS, He was adamant that the problem was not with the XMTS site . He suggested using postimage.org to hold the photos I would like to post. I tried it and with a bit of stumbling, (I am hugely a "computer illiterate" so far things are working .....Steve was absolutely right the XMTS site isn't at fault, it appears it is the Firewall setting on my computer. I'll try again now with a photo of the pleating of my Canadian Maple Leaf tartan on my newest kilt to see if I'm still successful 7_Maple_Leaf_in_16_oz._wool_pleat_centred_on_the_thin_green_stri.jpg